Latin edit

Etymology edit

haruspex (diviner of entrails) +‎ -ium (forming abstract nouns)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

haruspicium n (genitive haruspiciī or haruspicī); second declension

  1. haruspicy

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative haruspicium haruspicia
Genitive haruspiciī
haruspicī1
haruspiciōrum
Dative haruspiciō haruspiciīs
Accusative haruspicium haruspicia
Ablative haruspiciō haruspiciīs
Vocative haruspicium haruspicia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: haruspicy
  • Italian: aruspicio (learned)

References edit

  • haruspicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • haruspicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • haruspicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.